Arvidsson scores twice, Kings defeat Ducks for 3rd win in row

ANAHEIM --Viktor Arvidsson scored twice, and Kevin Fiala had a goal and two assists for the Los Angeles Kings in a 6-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday.

Adrian Kempe scored for the fourth straight game, Anze Kopitar and Blake Lizotte each had a goal and an assist, and Pheonix Copley made 16 saves for the Kings (31-18-7) before he was given a match penalty late in the second period after a scrum in front of his net. Jonathan Quick made eight saves on 10 shots for Los Angeles, which won its third straight and is 6-1-1 in its past seven games.
"Penalties, special team situations, losing the starting goaltender, a lot of variables went into the night," Kings coach Todd McLellan said. "Obviously, finding a way to close out the night was important for us."
Frank Vatrano had a goal and an assist, Kevin Shattenkirk and Mason McTavish each scored, and John Gibson made 35 saves for the Ducks (17-33-6), who lost their fourth straight. Anaheim has been outscored 26-11 during the skid.
"Another game where we shot ourselves in the foot," Gibson said.

The Kings did not have a shot on goal the first 7:24 of the game, but took 10 shots on net in a four-minute span later in the period.
Lizotte gave Los Angeles a 1-0 lead at 14:33 of the first period on the 10th shot, deflecting in a point shot from Alex Iafallo.
Anaheim was outshot 14-5 in the opening period and has been outshot 70-21 in the first period of the past four games.
"When you're outplaying a team that hard in the first period, the tendency is to kind of stay off the gas a little bit," Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said. "That's something we need to fix."
Shattenkirk tied it 1-1 at 5:52 of the second period on a point shot.
"In the first, they had us down in our [defensive] zone and we weathered it a bit," Vatrano said. "Then we had our push."
Arvidsson made it 2-1 at 12:56 of the second period. He began the play by blocking a point shot from Ducks defenseman Simon Benoit, then got the puck back on a pass from Trevor Moore and scored on a one-timer from top of the right face-off circle that nicked off Shattenkirk's stick.
Kempe extended it to 3-1 at 17:53 on the power play, scoring on a wrist shot from the right circle. It was his eighth goal in the past four games.

Copley received two minutes for leaving the crease and a five-minute match penalty for a blocker punch with 24 seconds left in the second period. The result was a five-minute power play for Anaheim.
McTavish cut it to 3-2 at 2:28 of the third period when he scored on a one-timer from the right circle with the man-advantage.
"Starting the third on a five-minute kill can get you out of the rhythm, but we managed to pull it off, which was good," Arvidsson said.
Kopitar made it 4-2 at 9:44 with a power-play goal on a one-timer before Vatrano cut it to 4-3 at 13:10, scoring on his own rebound.
Arvidsson's second goal made it 5-3 at 15:30, the Kings' third on the power play on their fourth man-advantage.
"They took the momentum back with the power-play goals," Gibson said.

Fiala scored into an empty net with 1:13 left for the 6-3 final.
"I thought our guys played hard," Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. "They competed hard. It certainly wasn't a three-goal game."
NOTES:Kings forward Gabriel Vilardi returned after missing nine games with an upper-body injury and played 16:23. ... Kempe has a seven-game point streak against the Ducks (five goals, five assists). ... Fiala has 17 multipoint games this season, the most for any player in his first season with the Kings. ... Kopitar has 83 points (29 goals, 54 assists) in 85 career games against Anaheim, tied with Mike Modano for the most by any NHL player against the Ducks. ... Vatrano has seven goals in his past nine games. ... Anaheim forward Trevor Zegras assisted on McTavish's goal to extend his point streak to four games (one goal, three assists). ... Shattenkirk has scored in two straight games after not scoring in his first 47. The last time he scored in consecutive games was March 6-8, 2021, in overtime wins against the Colorado Avalanche and Kings.